After Thanksgiving. When the support staff no longer are worried about paying for Thanksgiving dinner, now their worried about getting laid off right before Christmas. I guess them's the breaks for the kids of those laid off. No Christmas for you! Thank your local union.

I doubt the writers union brats get back to work in order to aleviate the pain they're causing to the little guys on staff (ie; hairdressers, prop dept, secretaries). As if they give a damn.

I will agree, that unions had their time. But I can't understand why writers need them. It's not like they're being forced to work overtime in bad conditions! And gee, am I supposed to feel sorry for someone making $30K (according to one article) per script when they work for a series???

I think the original union leaders and union members would slap the current people silly for griping about their conditions! Seriously, stuff like this makes this whole country look like spoiled children throwing a temper tantrum! How do you think a person who makes $30K per script throwing a fit looks like to a person living in squalor in Africa?

I will agree, that unions had their time. But I can't understand why writers need them. It's not like they're being forced to work overtime in bad conditions! And gee, am I supposed to feel sorry for someone making $30K (according to one article) per script when they work for a series???===============

That's probably average. And only the initial payment. They get a payment simply for turning it in. THEN you get payment for syndication, you get payment for dvds/videos, you get payment from advertising... The only thing the writers are griping about is online downloading. Which studios, at the moment, make almost nothing from anyway.

They recently made MILLIONS simply turning in all their movie scripts that they were forced to turn in. MILLIONS.

Expect sympathy from me? HELL NO. But do I want House and Lost back? Hell yeah.

Why are the writers so different? What about the FX guy? The guy who does the score or the guy guy who edits everything together? Their work is being seen and money is made off of it every time it's released in a new media.

And how much revenue do they really make from streaming video? Ad space? Give me a break.

If the networks were smart, they'd find a way to speed up the releases of the Lost, 24 and whatever other DVDs are due to come out next year. Get as much money as they can from DVD sales in case the WGA gets what they want and starts to cut in on that action.

jake3988:It's production staffs. The cameramen. The lighting crew. The makeup. These are the people who will be laid off.

But they're under contract. Meaning they won't be allowed to find another job. So thousands of middle-class blue-collar production workers are out on their asses because of a bunch of rich bastards.

Makes me sick.

You're a tard. The bulk of the writers are middle class, paying Hollywood or NY cost of living. The bulk of the production people seem to support the strike as well, mostly because of the unmitigated gall and greed exhibited by the studios.

glassa:After Thanksgiving. When the support staff no longer are worried about paying for Thanksgiving dinner, now their worried about getting laid off right before Christmas. I guess them's the breaks for the kids of those laid off. No Christmas for you! Thank your local union.

I doubt the writers union brats get back to work in order to aleviate the pain they're causing to the little guys on staff (ie; hairdressers, prop dept, secretaries). As if they give a damn.

I will agree, that unions had their time. But I can't understand why writers need them. It's not like they're being forced to work overtime in bad conditions! And gee, am I supposed to feel sorry for someone making $30K (according to one article) per script when they work for a series???

I think the original union leaders and union members would slap the current people silly for griping about their conditions! Seriously, stuff like this makes this whole country look like spoiled children throwing a temper tantrum! How do you think a person who makes $30K per script throwing a fit looks like to a person living in squalor in Africa?

$30k per script? Maybe a few, but most don't make nearly that much. Or, they don't have so many scripts used. The writers have a %100 legitimate beef with the studios. The studios are basically trying to pirate the writer's work online, for ad revenue. Why don't you take a huge paycut? You think some poor African would have a problem with that?

Mugato 2007-11-17 06:48:08 PMWhy are the writers so different? What about the FX guy? The guy who does the score or the guy guy who edits everything together? Their work is being seen and money is made off of it every time it's released in a new media.

And how much revenue do they really make from streaming video? Ad space? Give me a break.

I suppose you would support the RIAA being allowed to sell music without further compensation the artists beyond an initial amount?

The studios and writers have already agreed that writers should receive reisduals when their work is re-run/repackaged/re-sold. I understand why the studios are stonewalling in applying that principle to new media: It's called greed. I don't understand why people who have no dog in this fight feel the need to cheer on their avarice.